A note from the founder
I started Open Equity to build something different. A modern M&A partner for founder-owned technology businesses.
Having built and exited myself, and bought companies for strategic buyers and private equity firms, I felt there was a better way. The legacy industry was designed for billion-dollar deals, not to help founders secure life-changing exits.
My vision was the full service M&A partner I wish I'd had the first time around. One who understood how to build to sell. And itself used technology and AI to drive better results with the right incentives.
The technology industry adds trillions to national GDPs. Yet founders are chronically underserved when it comes to building wealth through equity ownership. Most advisors, consultants and bankers have never built a business before. And the model breaks when there's work to do before going to market.
What sets Open Equity apart?
We have four unfair advantages:
1
Our proprietary four-step Exit Engineering playbook reverse engineers your exit, even if that seems like years away.
2
Designed for businesses that move fast and make things. No advisory nonsense. Structured sprints, hands-on partnerships, and data-driven intelligence.
3
That benchmarks businesses, maps strategic and financial buyers in minutes, makes companies more valuable, and catches mistakes buyers will price in.
4
Scaling global companies, and doing deals worth millions and billions.
Your business is your most valuable asset. Engineer your exit with Open Equity.
Thomas Cornwall
Thomas Cornwall, Founder
15 years · 100+ deals · £2BN+ transacted
100+
Deals
Bought, built and sold, on both sides of the table.
£2BN+
Transacted
Across the deal team's careers. Largest exit £1.4BN.
4.2x
More valuable
Average valuation increase over twelve months.1
100%
Market coverage
Every business in our segments, every buyer, on our platform.
Where our deal team has bought, built and sold
1 Based on the average across Open Equity customers over a 12 month period. Results not guaranteed.